Swing



J. E. PIPPIN Sept. 12, 1944.

SWING Filed Oct. 23; 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INYENTOR. JAMES E PJPPJN BY ZL ATTORNEY- Patented Sept. 12, 1944 UNITED STATES" PATENT FFICE SWING James E. Pippin, Fredonia, Kans Application October 23, 1940, Serial No. 362,385 2 Claims. o1. 155-63) My invention relates to improvements in a swing, and has for its principal object a means.

to produce oscillatory movement by occupants carried thereby.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cushion for each end of the seating plank to avoid an injurious stroke upon children should they approach Within the swinging path of the plank.

A still further object of my invention is to the planks, and a swinging motion produced by manipulating of the pendant support.

These and other objects will hereinafter be more fully explained, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like characters will apply to like parts in the different views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the swing.

Fig. 2 is a reduced side view of the swing in operation.

Fig.3 is an end view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the plank and cushion, partly in section.

Fig. 5 is a side view of the swing, the pendant supporting means partly broken away, and one swung position shown by dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a view illustrating a modified method of connecting the saddle.

Fig. 7 is a side view of the saddle, and portion of the plank.

My invention herei disclosed consists of a pair of patron carrying planks I, longitudinally aligned, the outer ends of which are pendantly carried by their respective cables 2, the lower ends of said cables being attached to their respective outer ends of the planks by eye bolts 3 extending through the planks, while the upper end of each cable is carried by an eye screw 4 engaging in a ceiling 5, or the like, or a beam appropriately elevated and braced as carrying means for the swing.

Centrally positioned between the planks is a vertically disposed standard 6 having a foot rod 1 transversely carried at the lower end thereof, and a similar rod 8 secured to the upper end of the standard as a grip for the hands of an occupant of the swing, last said rod to functionv as carrying means for the standard and to which are attached cables 9' as pendant supporting means for the standard and inner ends of the patron carrying'planks.

Positioned substantially in the center ofsaid standard is a link consisting of two oppositely disposed elements In that are secured to the standard by a bolt l'l passing therethrough and through each of saidelements and being tensioned by a nut l2 threadedl engaging on' the bolt, each outer end of said elements-being spaced apart and apertured to receive apertured tongues .3, respectively, pivotedly carried therebetween and being rockably secured by bolts l4, each tongue being twisted through an arc of ninety degrees whereby the outer end will function as carrying means for the inner ends of said patron carrying planks and being secured thereto by bolts l5; being so connectedthe planks are free to swing horizontally while their inner or adjacent ends of said planks are rocked oppositely by the seesaw movement of the link, one position of which is shown at ID in Fig. 2.

Each of said planks have a saddle I 6 adjustably carried thereby, the adjustment being longitudinally of the plank by sliding the saddle to accommodate the patron and being secured stationarily by bolts l'l. passing through the plank and saddle, there being one at each' end of the saddle, and the said plank has a plurality of apertures is spaced therealong through which the bolts will engage, selectively.

In Figs. 6 and 7 is illustrated a modified method of securing the saddle and retaining the same on the plank which is accomplished through the medium of a pair of clips I!) and 20, that are secured to their respective ends of the saddle, clip 20 having sufiicient play vertically for rocking movement of the saddle, while clip I 9 is of sufficient length to permit disengagement of the pin, the side of said clips being adapted to slideably engage in close contact with and along the edges of the plank to insure a longitudinal alignment of said saddle and plank. The latter arrangement of securing the saddle a selected point along the plank will eliminate the use of.

a wrench or other tools to make the adjustment. Optionally secured to the outer end of each of said planks is a cushion which preferably is applied when the installation of the swing is "in connection with kindergarden, the cushion being to avoid a severe rigid stroke upon a child when the swing is in motion, said cushion preferably being of sponge rubber 22 directly applied to the end of the plank by an efficient securing means thereto, or the sponge rubber may be positioned in a flexing container 23 of leather, canvas or the like, having a neck 24 outwardly extending to engage about the end of the plank and being secured by headed tacks 25, but such restriction may not apply to municipal play grounds, but not an objectionable feature in any instance.

It will .now be seen .how a swing thus constructed may be opera-ted by occupants as shown in Fig. 2, in which view occupant A by a thrust of the feet on the lower rod and by a pull of the hands on the upper rod will slant its cables from a vertical plane creating a tension to move the swing the direction of which the said occupant is confronting or opposite the downward slant of the cable as said cable is a pulling means'to create momentum, while occupant B is releasing tension on the lower rod and may exert athrus't on :the upper rod by the hands and vice versa to swingrthe opposite direction, and so to work up a desired oscillatory swingingmovement. The swinging momentum will decrease gradually-to idleness when the'manual rockpf the standard is omitted.

Such modifications maybe made in the construction of the swing as lie within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire "to secure by Letters Patent is::'

1. In a swing of the class described comprising a standard vertically disposed and having a hand rod passing therethrough adjacent its upper end and another rod passing therethrough adjacent its lower end as a foot rod, a link secured to the standard intermediate said rods and outwardly extending from opposite sides of the standard transverse to the rods, a pair of beams having one end of each hinged to its respective end of the link, each outer end of the hand rod and the free ends of each beam having cables to pendantly carry the same and suitable means to which the upper ends of the cables are secured,

all as and for the purpose specified.

' 2. In a swing, a standard vertically disposed and having across rod secured thereto adjacent its upper end and another cross rod secured to the standardadjac'ent its lower end and a. pair of cables having one end of each attached to the upper cross rod and the other ends of said cables being secured to an upper support as pendant carrying means for the standard, an elongated link secured to the standard between said rods and being transverse thereto, each end portion of the link extending outward from the standard to be engaged by the confronting ends ofa pair of seat carrying beams hingedly connected thereto while the other'ends of said beams are pendantly carried by cables.

" JAMES E. PIPPIN. 

